Benazir Bhutto International Airport

E182386

airport international airport

Benazir Bhutto International Airport was the former main international airport serving the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area in Pakistan before being replaced by Islamabad International Airport.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Islamabad International Airport	9
Benazir Bhutto International Airport canonical	1
Islamabad International Airport (former Benazir Bhutto International Airport site)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1620875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Context triple: [Rawalpindi, previousAirportServedBy, Benazir Bhutto International Airport]

A. Jinnah International Airport
Jinnah International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Pakistan, serving as the primary international gateway to the city of Karachi.
B. Quetta International Airport
Quetta International Airport is the main domestic and international air gateway serving the city of Quetta and the surrounding region of Balochistan, Pakistan.
C. Shah Amanat International Airport
Shah Amanat International Airport is the main international airport serving the port city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh.
D. Shah Makhdum Airport
Shah Makhdum Airport is a regional domestic airport serving the city of Rajshahi in western Bangladesh.
E. Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport is a public airport serving the city of Sabha in southwestern Libya, providing regional air transport connections for the surrounding Fezzan region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Target entity description: Benazir Bhutto International Airport was the former main international airport serving the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area in Pakistan before being replaced by Islamabad International Airport.

A. Jinnah International Airport
Jinnah International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Pakistan, serving as the primary international gateway to the city of Karachi.
B. Quetta International Airport
Quetta International Airport is the main domestic and international air gateway serving the city of Quetta and the surrounding region of Balochistan, Pakistan.
C. Shah Amanat International Airport
Shah Amanat International Airport is the main international airport serving the port city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh.
D. Shah Makhdum Airport
Shah Makhdum Airport is a regional domestic airport serving the city of Rajshahi in western Bangladesh.
E. Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport is a public airport serving the city of Sabha in southwestern Libya, providing regional air transport connections for the surrounding Fezzan region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ
associatedWithAirline	Airblue ⓘ Pakistan International Airlines ⓘ Shaheen Air ⓘ
closureDate	2018 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
distanceFromIslamabadCityCenter	approximately 15 km ⓘ
distanceFromRawalpindiCityCenter	approximately 5 km ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	508 m ⓘ
formerName	Benazir Bhutto International Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Islamabad International Airport
hadCargoFacilities	yes ⓘ
hadPassengerTerminal	single main terminal building ⓘ
hadVIPLounge	yes ⓘ
hasType	joint civil-military airport ⓘ public airport ⓘ
IATAcode	ISB ⓘ
ICAOcode	OPRN ⓘ
locatedIn	Rawalpindi ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Grand Trunk Road ⓘ Rawalpindi Cantonment ⓘ
militaryBaseName	PAF Base Nur Khan ⓘ
namedAfter	Benazir Bhutto ⓘ
namedToHonor	Benazir Bhutto ⓘ surface form: former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
numberOfRunways	1 ⓘ
openingDate	1960s ⓘ
operator	Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ
primaryRunwayDesignation	12/30 ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ
renamedDate	2008 ⓘ
replacedBy	Benazir Bhutto International Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Islamabad International Airport
runwayLength	3289 m ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
servedAs	gateway to northern Pakistan ⓘ
servedAsPrimaryAirportFor	Islamabad ⓘ
servedAsPrimaryAirportUntil	2018 ⓘ
servedCity	Islamabad ⓘ Rawalpindi ⓘ
servesMetropolitanArea	Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area ⓘ
sharesFacilitiesWith	Pakistan Air Force ⓘ
status	closed ⓘ
usedFor	civil aviation ⓘ military aviation ⓘ
wasMainHubFor	Pakistan International Airlines ⓘ surface form: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
wasOneOf	busiest airports in Pakistan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited